There are other signs that let us know Spring is coming and that its arrival is imminent. Yet these signs vary according to where you live. In Banff and the Rockies we don’t see crocuses blooming but there are signs! The landscape in and around Banff begins changing its look telling one Spring is coming.

Recently, on a pleasure trip to Manhattan, I had the opportunity to visit Top of The Rock Rooftop lookout – Rockefeller Centre. As a professional landscape photographer, I never consider taking photographs from these types of rooftop lookouts because I prefer not to photograph through glass or bars.

Last October I was travelling around Madhya Pradesh for little over a week. I had not visited this part of India ever before. The cities of Ujjain and Maheshwar were extraordinary. I love the temples, streets, mosques, people, and the food.

The Ganges, the Sindh, or the Brahmaputra – rivers that are laced with myths, legends, and the ebbs and flows of thousands of years of human history through the course of their long journeys from the mountains to the seas.

Calamus Winery is located in Jordan, on the ‘bench’ part of the Niagara escarpment with more moderate temperatures in the vineyards. It’s not the heritage barn or the deep space telescope and observatory, but the rusty shed that takes center stage in these images.

During my Fine Art of Travel Photography workshops, participants often ask, “Where do I like to do on my vacations?” My stock answer is no matter where I go it’s a busman’s holiday. I can’t imagine boarding a flight at LAX without my camera equipment. It would be like leaving part of me behind.

Photographing one of the most colourful birds in Southern Ontario can be challenging if one is not prepared, fortunately I am going to give a way my secrets so you too can photograph the Northern Cardinal Male or Female.